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message 1: by Alto (new)

Alto | 5 comments I spend a lot of time on the road and have found audiobooks and podcasts (especially great ones such as BSP) an excellent way to fully utilize this "down" time. I imagine I may not be the only one out there in this situation.

Given that audible's search functionality/recommendation system is a little sub par I was hoping to aggregate a list of interesting books available from audible. I'd like to focus on Neuroscience/Cognitive Science/Psychology but other sciences, specifically from related fields such as complex systems, artificial intelligence, stats, other maths, etc, would be welcome as well.

Some audible books I've enjoyed

On Intelligence, Jeff Hawkins
Chaos, James Gleik
Sync, Steven Strogatz
Linked, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

thanks


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Virginia MD (gingercampbell) | 321 comments Mod
Many of the books discussed on the Brain Science Podcast are available on Audible, but I have not had a chance to post a list. I do have every book listed here. Many BSP listeners have listened to these books on Audible after listening to author interviews or discussions on the podcast.


message 3: by Georgem (new)

Georgem | 11 comments I downloaded "My Stroke of Insight" from Audible because the book had been recommended in one of BSP's episodes and one of Skepticality's. A good listen during my commute.
I was a little put-off by the author's repeated references to "inner peace" as it sounded a little New Agey, but then again I wasn't the stroke victim. :-)


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Virginia MD (gingercampbell) | 321 comments Mod
Georgem wrote: "I downloaded "My Stroke of Insight" from Audible because the book had been recommended in one of BSP's episodes and one of Skepticality's. A good listen during my commute.
I was a little put-off b..."


I have to admit that after hearing part Jill Bolte Tayler's TED talk (which was send to me by numerous listeners) I was never able to bring myself to read her book because I too was put off by the "new age" vibe. You make a good point and I am glad to hear you enjoyed the book.


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